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yousufzai spoke out on girls' education at a u.n. children's assembly last year. the taliban called her work "an obscenity" in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. one out of every eight people on earth is going hungry, according to a u.n. report today. that comes to 870 million people, but it's far below the figure of one billion announced in 2009. the u.n. food and agriculture organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the earlier number, and it said the mber of hury people has been declining steadily in the past two decades. athens, greece, erupted in angry protests today against the visiting chancellor of germany, angela merkel. germany is the leading contributor to the greek bailout, but at a price that's embittered many greeks. we have a report from james mates of independent television news. . >> reporter: at the airport the welcome was warm. the protocol followed to the letter. but this was no routine visit from the head of one e.u. government to another. angela merkel is hated here. widely blamedded for inflicting a depression
yousufzai spoke out on girls' education at a u.n. children's assembly last year. the taliban called her work "an obscenity" in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. one out of every eight people on earth is going hungry, according to a u.n. report today. that comes to 870 million people, but it's far below the figure of one billion announced in 2009. the u.n. food and agriculture organization blamed flawed methodology and poor data for the earlier number, and it said the...
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in education as well. >> absolutely. that's what i think while the secretary made a number of key points, i think both of us feel very strongly that one of the great threats to our national security is social cohesion. if people believe the game is rigged, if people no longer believe that you can start out anywhere and end up at the top successfully, in america, that the american dream is part of the past, i think that erodes sense of belief and confidence in our nation. it makes us inward looking. it makes us envious of other people. all the kinds of things that we have avoided as a people. if that turns against us, then i think our national security will be affected. >> today thed sad fact is that for the children who have the fewest options, the educational system is not delivering. if i can look at your zip code and i can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem. >> brown: you feel you can do that? >> i think increasingly if you are a child in difficult circumstances, the neighborho
in education as well. >> absolutely. that's what i think while the secretary made a number of key points, i think both of us feel very strongly that one of the great threats to our national security is social cohesion. if people believe the game is rigged, if people no longer believe that you can start out anywhere and end up at the top successfully, in america, that the american dream is part of the past, i think that erodes sense of belief and confidence in our nation. it makes us...
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there's a lot of corporations, a lot of changes: education, culture, economics. so these can be foundation of eventually leading to something very, very important. >> ifill: so a visit like today, for she in particular, or for the president of the united states, obama, is it for a domestic audience at home or is it for an international audience to raise his stature abroad? >> this is something we really have to do. here's the man who may well be running china. for the next ten years. and for him to have some face-to -face impressions-- what are america's policy priorities? how do the american leaders speak to me alone in the oval office or in the point gone? these are very important messages for us to get across. this trip is very much in our interest. i was quite thrilled today unlike ten years ago. this time the pentagon gave a full military honors ceremony, firing off 19 gun salute, having the fife and drum corps come out and secretary panetta was chatting in a friendly manner in english with vice president she. so this is all the beginning of trying to influe
there's a lot of corporations, a lot of changes: education, culture, economics. so these can be foundation of eventually leading to something very, very important. >> ifill: so a visit like today, for she in particular, or for the president of the united states, obama, is it for a domestic audience at home or is it for an international audience to raise his stature abroad? >> this is something we really have to do. here's the man who may well be running china. for the next ten...
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there are enormous educational applications that are being developed right now. in fact several states are mandating or changing their rules and piloting tablet computers in the classroom. so there are all of these educational opportunities. some of them may need to have... may need to have some information. for example, an app like star-walk which is a really amazing application. as a parent when a child looks up at the sky at night and says, dad, what is that? i have an app on my device right now called star-walk that allows e toold up my screen to the sky and it superimposes the stars exactly where i am at the time i'm at. i can say, well, honey, that's this galaxy. by the way, since you asked, hey, that's a gas giant. what does that mean? and yet to do that, i needed to know location. i needed to know what kind of device i was on. and so i needed to collect some information before i could actually show an amazing tool that allows parents to just grab ahold of an opportunity to engage with their kids that doesn't exist. so while i agree with protection, i thin
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the entire educational sector? >> i think so much of the conversation is about a small handful of institutions and that's understandable on a number of scores and we want to remember that motion college teachers are trained in research universities so that small group of highlys skyped research universities is important. but of course the glory of the american education is is breadth and diversity. and we have the enormous number of different institutions. the community colleges are every bit as important for the future of our country as the harvards and the yales. >> one of the pieces of the economic puzzle you point so as a problem today is access. -to-schools that the better off you are the far greater chance you have of top schools. is there less upward mobility now? you're making a case... this this problem is it exacerbating economic and social divisions in the country? >> i think that's right. i mean, it's one of the glorious stories of american civilizationization that we opened up the opportunity for colle
the entire educational sector? >> i think so much of the conversation is about a small handful of institutions and that's understandable on a number of scores and we want to remember that motion college teachers are trained in research universities so that small group of highlys skyped research universities is important. but of course the glory of the american education is is breadth and diversity. and we have the enormous number of different institutions. the community colleges are every...
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this is a problem and always has been a problem of highly privileged, highly educated women. i think the fact is we're extremely lucky and we may not have it all but we have much, much more than most of the women and men in this country or certainly in the world. and i think... >> woodruff: i was just going to ask ann-marie slaughter to comment. >> well, the first... in the first place we have had this debate often and in the 40 years or 30 years of my lifetime we've made unbelievable strides for women. when i was growing up, i did not know a single woman doctor and only one woman lawyer. i don't see this as round and round the same merry go round with no progress forward. i see this as a time of astonishing change for men and for women. i think that change has been brought about by having this debate and then turning conversation into action. second, i disagree. you know, when i was running an office of 40 women and men at the state department, i let the mothers who were in my group work from home one day a week. indeed i often had to go home to get a lot of writing done. i
this is a problem and always has been a problem of highly privileged, highly educated women. i think the fact is we're extremely lucky and we may not have it all but we have much, much more than most of the women and men in this country or certainly in the world. and i think... >> woodruff: i was just going to ask ann-marie slaughter to comment. >> well, the first... in the first place we have had this debate often and in the 40 years or 30 years of my lifetime we've made...
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by age young philip was the unpaid classical music buyer for the store, getting a hands-on education. >> my father took a liking to modern music. he had records in the store that nobody would listen to. he would take them home to listen to them. hended up in this business. he was a very smart fellow and learned a lot along the way. at one point he took the records home and said well if i have to listen to find out what's wrong with them, if i know what's wrong with them you won't buy the bad ones anymore. >> brown: this was contemporary classical music. >> we would listen to it. after a while i was his companion in listening. >> brown: he went on to study in juilliard and also in europe and worked with non-western musicians. before helping buy near amuseical style known as minimalism. glass prefers to describe himself as a composer of, quote, music with repetitive structures. that's what he's become famous for indeed perhaps the most famous conmporary compose captured in a well known portrait by artist chuck close. but it wasn't until his 40s glass says that he was able to make a livi
by age young philip was the unpaid classical music buyer for the store, getting a hands-on education. >> my father took a liking to modern music. he had records in the store that nobody would listen to. he would take them home to listen to them. hended up in this business. he was a very smart fellow and learned a lot along the way. at one point he took the records home and said well if i have to listen to find out what's wrong with them, if i know what's wrong with them you won't buy the...
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student was can't find jobs to fit their education. they thought he needed to sort of pass the commander in chief test today. president obama as he reminded the audience again and again is the sitting command ter in chief. but the romney staff thought if people in the audience cod perceive romney potential command never chief that would be enough for them to get through this debate. >> woodruff: . >> woodruff: and scott finally quickly, we did hear the president try several times to pifer ot to the economy and talk about how we need to have a strong america in order to do these other things. that had to be part of a strategy on their part. >> absolutesly. i think they understand that foreign policy is to the going to be the decisive issue for a lot of people. they said look f you're going try to balance the budget, you don't start by adding 2 trillion to the military budget. >> ari and scott, very uickly where do they go after this, where do they go, are they all going to set up camp in ohio or are they traveling to other places, ari?
student was can't find jobs to fit their education. they thought he needed to sort of pass the commander in chief test today. president obama as he reminded the audience again and again is the sitting command ter in chief. but the romney staff thought if people in the audience cod perceive romney potential command never chief that would be enough for them to get through this debate. >> woodruff: . >> woodruff: and scott finally quickly, we did hear the president try several times to...
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we are a very educated and focused on our kids, on going to high school, going to college, getting a degree. >> sreenivasan: asian-americans are on average more than educated than the rest of the country. according to a recent pew research survey. another undecided voter wonders why presidential campaigns don't do more. >> when you have presidents and candidates shaking the hands of iron workers, so why can't you go to chinatown and shake hands with people who don't look like you and who actually can have an idea and have voting power? speaking from a chinese-american standpoint, if you empower them, they will go out there. if you allow them, say, listen, back where you come from, there are no elections. now you have an election. you can make a difference. >> sreenivasan: an ideal and a . that both presidential campaigns will have to sell if they hope to win the hearts, minds and votes of asian-americans in nevada and beyond. >> ifill: yo >> ifill: you can go behind the scenes with hari on his nevada trip on our politics page. and while you're there, visit our 2012 map center for a c
we are a very educated and focused on our kids, on going to high school, going to college, getting a degree. >> sreenivasan: asian-americans are on average more than educated than the rest of the country. according to a recent pew research survey. another undecided voter wonders why presidential campaigns don't do more. >> when you have presidents and candidates shaking the hands of iron workers, so why can't you go to chinatown and shake hands with people who don't look like you...
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initiative is the first step in revitalizing interests. >> i think we need to get to the homes and educate parents who still have that stigma that it's dead end jobs, dirty, for losers. it's not. it's the future and there is this resurgence. >> reporter: it's a future austin mcclanahan buys into. he says machining has given him an opportunity to work with his hands and earn aood living. the starting salvi about $40,000 a year but more importantly he's developing a skill set in demand. >> ifill: finally tonight , a look at a major demographic change in america, the sharp increase in people who live alone. ray suarez has our conversation. >> suarez: in 18950, 22% of americans were single, four million lived alone. they accounted for 9% of all households. fast forward to today, more than 50% of american adults are single, 31 million, about one out of every seven, live alone. they make up 28% of all households. these so-called singletons are the focus of a new book by eric kleinenberg, a sos yolgs at new york university. "going solo, the extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of going alone.
initiative is the first step in revitalizing interests. >> i think we need to get to the homes and educate parents who still have that stigma that it's dead end jobs, dirty, for losers. it's not. it's the future and there is this resurgence. >> reporter: it's a future austin mcclanahan buys into. he says machining has given him an opportunity to work with his hands and earn aood living. the starting salvi about $40,000 a year but more importantly he's developing a skill set in...
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it's also less likely they're going to re-engage in education. that's associated with unemployment, low wages, and you know there is evidence that there's increased likelihood of getting in trouble in the community and those are all bad outcomes. >> reporter: so the emphasis at henderson is on early intervention and a big part of that is technology. former principal dr. bill henderson realized more than 20 years ago how technology could help l.d. kids-- he was going blind back then and had to learn braille from scratch. it gave him special insights. >> when we read, most people with their eyes, i now with my ears or with my fingers, you have to figure out what the text, print or braille dots are saying. that's decoding. and many children who have specific learning disabilities, in particular dyslexia, have to put extra energies and efforts into decoding text. you cannot read as much material, you can't keep up with grade-level and rigorous material, >> i wanted to show you. >> reporter: current principal trician lampron showed us how one second g
it's also less likely they're going to re-engage in education. that's associated with unemployment, low wages, and you know there is evidence that there's increased likelihood of getting in trouble in the community and those are all bad outcomes. >> reporter: so the emphasis at henderson is on early intervention and a big part of that is technology. former principal dr. bill henderson realized more than 20 years ago how technology could help l.d. kids-- he was going blind back then and...
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it's a position held for many years by the great jazz musician and educator billy taylor. jason moran joins us now. welcome to you. >> my pleasure. >> brown: why take this on? i mean you have a busy performing and recording schedule. why do you want to take a more public role. >> i feel like the arts in general in america kind of always continually need boosts. revitalization. new energy. and so when the kennedy center kind of approached me about this position, i thought this would be a fine opportunity in my current role as, say, performer, to then branch out into a way to kind of interact with the audience on a different scale. >> brown: when you say arts need a boost and then there's jazz. you know, i mean there are certain forms. we talk a lot on this program about the sort of sometimes more marginalized forms. they seem that way. what do you think jazz's role in our culture today? >> well, you know, we can promote the abstract. i think recently i feel like it's maybe in a way that abstract becomes such a kind of like thing that is annoying. you know, that i doesn't pr
it's a position held for many years by the great jazz musician and educator billy taylor. jason moran joins us now. welcome to you. >> my pleasure. >> brown: why take this on? i mean you have a busy performing and recording schedule. why do you want to take a more public role. >> i feel like the arts in general in america kind of always continually need boosts. revitalization. new energy. and so when the kennedy center kind of approached me about this position, i thought this...
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they're not being educated for technology society. we're being outcompeted by other nations. so i think that has gone well. but the other thing i think is going really well is people are starting to say, we really do need an efctive teacher. we have districts across the country, memphis, denver, pittsburgh, tampa, l.a., where they are saying, okay, we're really going to go for teacher evaluation. we're going to figure out how to make effective teaching happen. we're going to invest in that. we're going to keep doing it until we get it right. we're going to develop our teachers. i think we are just on the verge of that happening. i think there will be some pain points along the way. i don't think this work is easy. but i think we're starting to see that change. it's going to take a few more years toeally see, okay, that's the path. then lots of districts are doing it. i think we're on the cuss-of that. >> suarez: melinda gates, thanks so much for your time. >> thanks, >> brown: we get a different perspective tomorrow from diane ravitch, a former assistant secretary of educatio
they're not being educated for technology society. we're being outcompeted by other nations. so i think that has gone well. but the other thing i think is going really well is people are starting to say, we really do need an efctive teacher. we have districts across the country, memphis, denver, pittsburgh, tampa, l.a., where they are saying, okay, we're really going to go for teacher evaluation. we're going to figure out how to make effective teaching happen. we're going to invest in that....
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economy, and also education. that's another thing governor romney talked about today, and it's the focus of president obama's visit on friday to a northern virginia high school. >> ifill: and they're spending a lot of time on college campuses as well, both of them. when you talk to voters as you go out to these campaign events and you see the people they're talking to, the people who come in the middle of the day, middle of the week to a political event, what are they curious about? what are they telling you? >> i talked to some voters today at the romney event, some of them were republican voters that had been a little slow to warm to romney. i talked to a gingrich voter, another voter who thought was romney conservative enough? they seem to be falling in line behind him. interestingly, several of the voters i talked to today in northern virginia today were obama voters four years ago. theskind of events usually get true believers. that's a sign there has been erosion for president obama in these suburbs. >> ifi
economy, and also education. that's another thing governor romney talked about today, and it's the focus of president obama's visit on friday to a northern virginia high school. >> ifill: and they're spending a lot of time on college campuses as well, both of them. when you talk to voters as you go out to these campaign events and you see the people they're talking to, the people who come in the middle of the day, middle of the week to a political event, what are they curious about? what...
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and it's an idea that-- it's-- you know, it's the heart of the princeton education. you get there, they tell you, the moto is in the nation's service. it's easy and convenient to forget. so it wasn't that hard to settle a topic for a speech because in addition, i was-- the assignment in part was to start with my own life experiences. and when i look at my own life i think, but for a turn here or a turn there, things could have turned out very differently and i-- >> brown: we didn't play this part, but you actually tell a nice story of yourself about you're an art history major coming out of princeton and you happened to sit at a dinner, right, next to the wife of a very powerful person on wall street, who basically gets her husband to give you a job and she the rest-- the rest is history. >> yeah, but the mere fact that i'm even a writer. that's an accident in a lot of ways, and that i got an opportunity to write. and then i got this wonderful material tossed in my lap when i started my writing career. there was a huge amount of chance involved in all of it, and nobo
and it's an idea that-- it's-- you know, it's the heart of the princeton education. you get there, they tell you, the moto is in the nation's service. it's easy and convenient to forget. so it wasn't that hard to settle a topic for a speech because in addition, i was-- the assignment in part was to start with my own life experiences. and when i look at my own life i think, but for a turn here or a turn there, things could have turned out very differently and i-- >> brown: we didn't play...
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because this is where the qualified people who can jumpstart economy, who can work on the education, health care, all the basic needs that are sorely needed here right now. >> ifill: let's go back for a moment. was there any evidence you have found so far, fraud or irregularities in the vote? >> a lot of complaints about irregularity. i believe there has been irregularity. people have been denied access to the falling -- people voting in groups, there have been some of that. but the fact that it has been -- however, i do believe either that referendum will not cleanse that document because as i said, it has intrinsic illegitimacy. it defies basic human values that is declaration of human rights, many of the other convention, is that protect guarantee freedom, guarantee human dignity. they are lacking. one of the most dangerous parts in that constitution that it opens the door for many controversial school of religious thoughts to seep through the process and undermine the authority of the judiciary. that is one of the issues that is very -- creates a lot of apprehension for many peop
because this is where the qualified people who can jumpstart economy, who can work on the education, health care, all the basic needs that are sorely needed here right now. >> ifill: let's go back for a moment. was there any evidence you have found so far, fraud or irregularities in the vote? >> a lot of complaints about irregularity. i believe there has been irregularity. people have been denied access to the falling -- people voting in groups, there have been some of that. but the...
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and diane ravitch, a historian and former assistant secretary of education. tonight, we listen to teachers. ray suarez recently moderated a conversation, organized by wnet in new york city, featuring educators from each of the city's five boroughs. it's part of our american graduate project sponsored by the corporation for public broadcasting and the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> suarez: earlier this spring we invited teachers to talk about the crisis. they are kalila brand, amanda moskowitz, a science at math teacher at p.s. 279. captain man well rivera middle school. seth cupperman, a science teacher at manhattan's high school for math, science and engineering, jean raleigh for p.s. 19 in stat tan island and babson wang, a math teacher at by a side high school in queens. i wanted to talk to you about the national conversation which is going on here in new york as wellf assessing teachers and trying to perhaps encourage those who aren't doing a good job to seek other careers and promoting, encouraging, incentivizing those who have a knack for this. i
and diane ravitch, a historian and former assistant secretary of education. tonight, we listen to teachers. ray suarez recently moderated a conversation, organized by wnet in new york city, featuring educators from each of the city's five boroughs. it's part of our american graduate project sponsored by the corporation for public broadcasting and the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> suarez: earlier this spring we invited teachers to talk about the crisis. they are kalila brand,...
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. >> woodruff: then, as the presidential hopefuls spar over health care, education and more, we talk to four political reporters in four swing states. ( coughing ) >> ifill: betty ann bowser has the story of the comeback of whooping cough with infants at greatest risk. >> four doctors stood there and they were all crying and they told us there was no way the machine was going to work any longer and they took her off life support and then she tried to take a breath and within seconds she was just gone. >> woodruff: lindsey hilsum reports on the thousands of refugees fleeing the west african nation of mali to escape the rule of islamic militants. >> the people coming across the border paint a picture of a region that's descending into chaos. they're terrified of the armed men who are roaming northern mali and imposing their version of sharia. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to pulitizer prize winning author richard ford about "canada," his new novel on murder, morality and coming of age. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has bee
. >> woodruff: then, as the presidential hopefuls spar over health care, education and more, we talk to four political reporters in four swing states. ( coughing ) >> ifill: betty ann bowser has the story of the comeback of whooping cough with infants at greatest risk. >> four doctors stood there and they were all crying and they told us there was no way the machine was going to work any longer and they took her off life support and then she tried to take a breath and within...
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." >> we're spending more time on things we're used to like educating our children and fixing the holes in our roads. when is the time? >> brown: and we close with a look at the complicated life story of rodney king, the man whose 1991 beating by police led to riots in los angeles. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> by nordic naturals. >. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: europe cleared a major hurdle sunday, as voters in greece voted to stick with their bailout. but today, new obstacles loomed on the road to the continent's financial security. from news stands in athens to the g-20 summit at a mexican resort to financial markets, the election results from greece were felt worldwide. political parties who
." >> we're spending more time on things we're used to like educating our children and fixing the holes in our roads. when is the time? >> brown: and we close with a look at the complicated life story of rodney king, the man whose 1991 beating by police led to riots in los angeles. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> by nordic naturals. >. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social...
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educators call it summer learning loss. children who don't have stimulating summer experiences forget more of the math and reading skills they need to do well in school. by the time summer ends, the achievement gap between rich and poor is actually wider than it was in june. so, is summer school the answer? >> when kids hear "summer school," they her boos or failing. more school in an unconditioned building. >> reporter: typically summer remediation programs are held in the classroom. students complete work sheets and practice math and reading skills for hours at a time. in many districts, including providence, rhode island, this type of learning wasn't working. >> we could have remediation until the cows came home, and we one substantial number of kids didn't attend. and, two, it wasn't effective. >> reporter: providence is trying to change that by turning summer school into an experience that supports classroom learning and excites students. this summer 716 low-income students enrolled in summer scholars, a four-week prog
educators call it summer learning loss. children who don't have stimulating summer experiences forget more of the math and reading skills they need to do well in school. by the time summer ends, the achievement gap between rich and poor is actually wider than it was in june. so, is summer school the answer? >> when kids hear "summer school," they her boos or failing. more school in an unconditioned building. >> reporter: typically summer remediation programs are held in...
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we try and sneak in ifwe n a little by of education. >> sunday sun morning the warm sun came up and, pop... >> reporter: the lunch was a success for the 50 children who came but 550 were enrolled here before the storm. >> i think there's a real sense of unknown for us. i'm sure a real sense of unknown for the students as well. we'll need to have our, you know, our crisis intervention in place and our school counselor and school psychologist. this will be a long, ongoing effort. >> reporter: after ten days in the dark, things starred looking up. >> the power is back on. is is good ahead of schedule. that's a positive thing. >> reporter: with power restored, plans could move forward to reopen the school. and that should speed the recovery. >> if we're up, parents can attend to what they need to do. they're dealing with clean-up of their homes, making calls to insurance companies and fema. we have families that have been very significantly impacted. yet they're stl here. >> reporter: as for the family trapped inside their home, the water rising? they lost all their possessions but not t
we try and sneak in ifwe n a little by of education. >> sunday sun morning the warm sun came up and, pop... >> reporter: the lunch was a success for the 50 children who came but 550 were enrolled here before the storm. >> i think there's a real sense of unknown for us. i'm sure a real sense of unknown for the students as well. we'll need to have our, you know, our crisis intervention in place and our school counselor and school psychologist. this will be a long, ongoing...
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how can we trust various sources and we need to have much more education in the public about when can you rel ong? when can you not? the great thing about our operation is that everything is open to discussion, dialogue, debate. one of the great things you can do if you're not sure about something is go to the discussion page and see how people are debating about it. see what people have to say. and follow the sources and see if we're accurately reflecting the sources and if not tell us. that's one of our core values is to accurately report on what sources say. is. >> sreenivasan: so one of the things we hear from the news liracy project tt worksith high school students or college professors say actively to their students "do not use wikipedia as a source and don't copy or plagiarize from it." but that's one of the big concerns, you've made it so easy for people to not do primary research. >> if people copy and paste from wikipedia, that's a stupid thing to do. your professors all read wikipedia and read it immediately. in terms of wikipedia as a source, that's something i'm not too b
how can we trust various sources and we need to have much more education in the public about when can you rel ong? when can you not? the great thing about our operation is that everything is open to discussion, dialogue, debate. one of the great things you can do if you're not sure about something is go to the discussion page and see how people are debating about it. see what people have to say. and follow the sources and see if we're accurately reflecting the sources and if not tell us. that's...
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yesrday, e at wnith education secretary arne duncan for the special. it was the former chicago public school superintendent's first interview since the killings. here's part of their conversation. >> secretary duncan where does the responsibility lie for action here? >> it lies on all of us. all of us as parents, as community leaders, as religious leaders, as political leaders. no one gets to pass on this. and this is to the a time to point fingers or lay blame. often these things, there are lots of inclinations to do that but this is complex and anyone who wants to say there is a simple answer here i think does a great disservice to the complexity and urgency of fundamentally trying to make our country a safer place for our children. >> ifill: the president has asked the committee that you will be on, that vice president biden is going to spearhead to come up with solution or approaches within a month, before the state of the union speech. do you worry that the outrage is going to fade before that happens? i don'torry about the outrage fading. i worry
yesrday, e at wnith education secretary arne duncan for the special. it was the former chicago public school superintendent's first interview since the killings. here's part of their conversation. >> secretary duncan where does the responsibility lie for action here? >> it lies on all of us. all of us as parents, as community leaders, as religious leaders, as political leaders. no one gets to pass on this. and this is to the a time to point fingers or lay blame. often these things,...
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because i've worked all my life in her service and what's more i had free higher education year after year. >> reporter: the strike took in a cross section of the public sector, n.h.s.ers in whales police officers, immigration staff, prison officers aren't allowed to strikeut here in rrg onhe they did. these nsio chaes affect mo tn five million public sector workers. the new schemes vary significantly but typically contributions will rise by 3.2% by 2015. the amount paid out will be based on average career earnings not the higher final salary and pensions will only rise in line with the consumer prices index, not the higher retail prices index. plus the standard retirement age will eventually rise to 68. ministers argued today that these strikes are fizzling out. if that isn't quite true, they aren't bringing the country to a halt, either. >> sreenivasan: the head of britain's largest union warned there would be strikes during the summer olympics in london, starting in july. the u.s. justice department sued arizona sheriff joe arpaio today, over allegations of racially profiling latin
because i've worked all my life in her service and what's more i had free higher education year after year. >> reporter: the strike took in a cross section of the public sector, n.h.s.ers in whales police officers, immigration staff, prison officers aren't allowed to strikeut here in rrg onhe they did. these nsio chaes affect mo tn five million public sector workers. the new schemes vary significantly but typically contributions will rise by 3.2% by 2015. the amount paid out will be based...
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. >> ( translated ): mith sam lanh comes here and they educate us about h.i.v., about drugs and so on. we don't have enough to eat or a place to stay, so we take risks. we could be arrested. >> reporter: along with offering clean needles, condoms and lessons on safe behavior, friends international counselors encourage these youth to come to a drop-in center for a meal or a bath, and when they are ready, detox, a place to live and an education. 23-year-old sothea has lived on the street on and off for seven years. he has struggled with drug addiction but returned to friends for his fourth attempt to get clean and acquire job skills >> ( translated ): when i first came here i wasn't comfortable, i wasn't ready for the learning environment so i quit and went back out on the street to make money. now, the most difficult part is to try and keep myself away from drugs, from my friends on the street. but i try not to go. i can quit drugs, i can stay away from those friends. i don't want to let my parents down again or my very good friends here at the program. >> reporter: if he finishes, he'
. >> ( translated ): mith sam lanh comes here and they educate us about h.i.v., about drugs and so on. we don't have enough to eat or a place to stay, so we take risks. we could be arrested. >> reporter: along with offering clean needles, condoms and lessons on safe behavior, friends international counselors encourage these youth to come to a drop-in center for a meal or a bath, and when they are ready, detox, a place to live and an education. 23-year-old sothea has lived on the...
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but where he has really seen slippage is among high school educated women. he has got to provide an agenda based on security and social mobility for those people. so far he show those sign of doing that. so far even at the nra today he is still doing the quintessential republican line, it's all about freedom, let's cut government. he has to do more than that george w. bush did more, hw, even john mccane had service. it wasn't just, we hate government it was something to help people out. and he's got to give a help you out agenda. >> brown: of what rick santorum, you mentioned him. hat of his followers, what of the people who voted for him? >> well, i think first of all rick santorum did something that very few people do. most people run for president have been successful before they do. they have been governors, senators, successful in business. and most of them lose. and most of them leave diminished figures. rick santorum came in as a marginal dark horse. and leaves as a much enhanced figure, having won 11 contests. ronald reagan in 1976 won 12, and he is
but where he has really seen slippage is among high school educated women. he has got to provide an agenda based on security and social mobility for those people. so far he show those sign of doing that. so far even at the nra today he is still doing the quintessential republican line, it's all about freedom, let's cut government. he has to do more than that george w. bush did more, hw, even john mccane had service. it wasn't just, we hate government it was something to help people out. and...
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don't go far enough. >> i think it's time to make public higher education free, as it should be. >> we cannot afford not to provide a great education and an equality of opportunity for all of our young people in this country. >> reporter: gary johnson, however, said the loans and grants are to blame for the rising cost of higher education. >> that is another one of government's unintended consequencethatave college tuitn atuch high rate. >> reporter: recent history suggests the independent standard bearers can have an effect. in 2000, green party candidate ralph nader took votes from democrat al gore in florida and other key states. and in 1992, ross perot captured nearly 19% of the total voten his race with the first president george bush and bill clinton. 20 years later, he's endorsed mitt romney. >> ifill: you can watch the rest of the third party candidates' debateonlin that's in the ndn. >> brown: now, a question you might not have pondered before: what can a medical center learn from an auto manufacturer? "newshour" health correspondent betty ann bowser has the answer. >> repo
don't go far enough. >> i think it's time to make public higher education free, as it should be. >> we cannot afford not to provide a great education and an equality of opportunity for all of our young people in this country. >> reporter: gary johnson, however, said the loans and grants are to blame for the rising cost of higher education. >> that is another one of government's unintended consequencethatave college tuitn atuch high rate. >> reporter: recent history...
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he credits gujarat's success to mooedy's efforts like a vibrant education sector, a new rapid transit bus system that is unclogging polluted city roads. >> all these things are there on the ground for 20, 30 years but what he did did work. >> reporter: on the streets, gujarat's from lawyers to plumbers mooedy is a hero. >> he's given us water, roads, everything. that's why people love him. he does what he says. also there are no allegations of corruption against mooedy. >> reporter: but for all of modi's popularity he is also one of the most polarizing figures in india today. despised by many for for a period of vicious communal violence that happened on his watch. it was in early 2002 in muslim neighborhoods all across gujarat that mobs of thousands of hindus exacted revenge on muslims for e burning deaths of 58 hindu pilgrims in a train car the day before. this woman and her family saw the mobs torching their mosque and tried to flee. >> they threw petrol on the group and lit it on fire. my brother's head was severed with a sword. my two month old nephew was burned in the fire. they
he credits gujarat's success to mooedy's efforts like a vibrant education sector, a new rapid transit bus system that is unclogging polluted city roads. >> all these things are there on the ground for 20, 30 years but what he did did work. >> reporter: on the streets, gujarat's from lawyers to plumbers mooedy is a hero. >> he's given us water, roads, everything. that's why people love him. he does what he says. also there are no allegations of corruption against mooedy....
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, mitt romney will eliminate obama's excessive regulations, cut taxes for small businesses, improve education and job training, and create over 100,000 new jobs for nevada. >> house has not gotten a lot of attention her here because you basically have one party that doesn't have a plan, the other that has a plan that doesn't work all that well. the consequence, even though it's the elephant in the room or whatever that saying is, you end up with a situation where neither party really wants to talk a whole lot about it >> basically it's a permanent setback for some of these families >> suarez: that's exactly what frustrates howard watts. that's why he hasn't decided who he'll vote for in the fall. last month his father was forced to short sell the home he had purchased in 2008. the value had dropped from $200,000 to $80,000. when he could no longer keep up with his payments he turned to the federal programs for help >> my dad tried to get in on programs like h.a.m.p. and h.a.r.p. and was denied because at the end of the day they could choose whether or not he got in. there just hasn't been eno
, mitt romney will eliminate obama's excessive regulations, cut taxes for small businesses, improve education and job training, and create over 100,000 new jobs for nevada. >> house has not gotten a lot of attention her here because you basically have one party that doesn't have a plan, the other that has a plan that doesn't work all that well. the consequence, even though it's the elephant in the room or whatever that saying is, you end up with a situation where neither party really...
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the federal education law penalizes schools that fail to raise graduation rates. to get its potential dropouts back on track, shelbyville turned to technology. in this classroom at a local college, high school students in danger of dropping out can make up the courses they failed, and take new ones, on computers. melissa lakes runs the program. >> it's at their own pace. it doesn't nag at them for not getting it right the first time around. it's whatever they need. >> reporter: nationwide, school districts seeking to raise graduation rates have embraced this alternative approach, called online credit recovery. shelbyville runs three hour classes, five days a week, with afternoon sessions for busy students like kayle owsley. >> used to be i would take my daughter to school at like six in the morning. now i can spend the whole morning with her. feed her breakfast. i can feel how much more relief i have off my back. i'm not so stressed out all the time. >> it's a lot better than regular high school. >> reporter: michael maupin has been in the program for two years. >
the federal education law penalizes schools that fail to raise graduation rates. to get its potential dropouts back on track, shelbyville turned to technology. in this classroom at a local college, high school students in danger of dropping out can make up the courses they failed, and take new ones, on computers. melissa lakes runs the program. >> it's at their own pace. it doesn't nag at them for not getting it right the first time around. it's whatever they need. >> reporter:...